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We live on the west side of 300 block of Woodlawn Road. In recent days, during the day, we have seen a few rats crawling around in the alley and then today in our back yard.

I'm just giving you the heads-up as folks may want to be extra careful w/ their garbage and what they're keeping in the garage.

Thanks,
Graham McPhail

Reluctantly, I need to report that there was a break in during the day today at the Klassen's at 10 Hillside Rd. Someone broke in through a back porch door with what might be a crow bar and took a large flat screen tv and some other personal items. No one was home and no one was hurt but it is still a bummer. If anyone saw anything suspicious, please call the northern district police precinct.

Hi (name removed):

I hope everything is going well for you. I spoke to (name removed) of (300 block) Woodlawn Road a few minutes ago and he told me that they were experiencing a spike in people breaking into cars on and around his block. I asked him to encourage his neighbors to please call 911 for any incidents and anything suspicious. I also told him that I would contact you and see if you could get something out to everyone in the community.

Is there anyone else I need to email in reference.

Thanks for your help.
Rich

Deputy Major Richard Worley
Baltimore Police Department
Northern District
410-396-2455

Webmaster:

On, Monday, January 24th between 10:30 AM and 11:00 AM my wife's car was broken into on Oakdale Road and her purse stolen. The car was parked in front of our house on the north side of Oakdale between Roland and Goodwood Gardens headed east. The purse was on the floor behind the passenger seat and not in plain view. This portion of Oakdale is heavily traveled so the theft occurred very quickly. We were both inside the house having just returned from an errand and heard nothing even though the passenger side rear window was broken after two failed attempts to jimmy both passenger side doors. The theft was reported to the police. An officer responded within ten minutes of our call to 911.

Leave nothing in your vehicle even if you intend to be gone for only a few minutes which was the case in this instance.

Larry Whitman

Plat 2

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January 26, 2011

Neighboring Roland Springs has experienced eight larceny from auto incidents during the past two weeks. In each case, the owner had forgotten to lock his or her car, or had left it unlocked because of frozen lock problems. In all cases, the intruder went into the glove compartment, probably looking for a stored GPS. Some small change was the only thing taken and there was no vandalism other than items being tossed around. Larceny from unlocked cars is the primary crime in the Northern Police District so please remember to lock your car at all times and make sure that valuables and easy to sell on the street items are not left in the car.

Bill Miller

President Roland Springs Community Association

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January 26, 2011

On Tuesday, January 25^th ( before the current snow storm) my wife and I walked on the east side of Roland Avenue from Cold Spring Lane to Eddie’s and the Post Office. On four occasions we needed to walk in the street because homeowners had not cleared their sidewalks and they had become icy. We also saw other people walking and jogging on the street. It is really important for people to clear their sidewalks so people can walk around safely. Perhaps the RPCL could send notices to owners who are not taking care of their walks and remind them that they not only have a legal responsibility, but a responsibility to their neighbors as well.

Bill Miller

President, Roland Springs Community Association.

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October 23, 2010

On Friday, October 22, at 11:30 a.m., my husband witnessed a young man trying to gain entrance to a neighbor's back door (on Wilmslow at Oakdale). When he saw my husband looking at him, the suspect left and my husband called 911. My husband got into his car and followed the suspect from a distance, tracking his movements through the neighborhood. My husband witnessed the suspect walking into backyards and trying to enter back doors of numerous houses along Wilmslow Road, from Oakdale to Coldspring. Over a 20-minute period, my husband called 911 a total of three times, each time giving the police his updated location so they could meet him and identify the suspect. My husband tracked him into Alonsoville, and then onto the Loyola University campus at Coldspring and Linkwood (where the police said they would meet him). After waiting several minutes, my husband notified a campus security officer, who had also noticed the suspect's suspicious behavior on the Loyola campus. The security officer confronted the suspect, and, eventually my husband left, the Baltimore city police having never arrived.

On my walk yesterday down to the Light Rail crossing at Lake Roland, I heard lots of violent machinery grinding around, and decided to explore. Once across the tracks and up the hill to the park I noticed a good bit of tree removal activity, and upon investigation saw a few trucks and steam shovels belonging to the Carroll Tree Co. I talked with one of the workers who told me that the
County is sub-contracting Carroll to remove dead trees and bushes in order to renovate the park. That's encouraging. Hope it continues!

Because of the recent car break-ins we are looking for volunteers to help patrol the community. If interested, contact:

Bad news on Longwood and Club. Today at 1:30 p.m. on a bright afternoon, two thugs in a car robbed at gunpoint two Roland Park residents (in their early 30s) out for a walk. The police were notified. Please be extra cautious.

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